Ruminations

Have you ever paid attention to all the prayers that folks lob up to God?
I was noting all the different ones that were being offered over the last few days on Facebook and Twitter. Everything from jobs to feeding the hungry. Petitions tossed out like a penny in a wishing well. I think we sincerely [...]

It saddens me to see believers living beneath themselves.
I’ve read news reports about people living in abject poverty who, after they’ve died, it was discovered that they were millionaires. They weren’t millionaires who decided to live on the street, they were street people who had hoarded every penny they were given and found, saving it [...]

Leaving the house today I passed a church with one of those billboard signs out in front of it. Stopped at the red light in front of the church, I glanced over at it.
“Are you using the spiritual gifts has given you?”

Ever have those moments when everything stops, cinematically zooms in and it feels like [...]

I’ve got a headache and it’s God’s fault.
I’ve always been a good ol’ church-going boy. Well, for most of my life anyway. I’ve done all the good ol’ church stuff — sang in the choir, gone to youth camps and retreats, been in Sunbeams (if you don’t know, don’t ask!), gone to Sunday School, taught [...]